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60 works by 17 artists

60 works featuring “Executioner” by 17 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 31 museums.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, José Juárez

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 17th century.

El martirio de San Lorenzo (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Flagellation of Christ, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

Flagellation of Christ, 1538.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), paint on wood panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

La Flagellation du Christ, Caravaggio

La Flagellation du Christ, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Museo di Capodimonte, Italy

Saints Cosmas and Damian Condemned in Vain to the Stake, Fra Angelico

Saints Cosmas and Damian Condemned in Vain to the Stake, c. 1425–1449.

San Cosma e San Damiano vanamente condannati al rogo (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, Titien

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1565.

Le Martyre de saint Laurent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Le Crucifiement de saint Pierre, Caravaggio

Le Crucifiement de saint Pierre, 1600.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Italy

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, Jusepe de Ribera

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, 1620–1624.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Le Christ portant la Croix, Albrecht Dürer

Le Christ portant la Croix, 1512.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Décollation de Saint Jean-Baptiste, Albrecht Dürer

La Décollation de Saint Jean-Baptiste, 1510.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, 1506.

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus (museum title)

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), woodblock print

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Perseus's Last Duty, Max Beckmann

Perseus's Last Duty, 1949.

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Mark, Fra Angelico

The Martyrdom of Saint Mark, 1433.

Martirio di San Marco (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Le Christ à la colonne, Caravaggio

Le Christ à la colonne, 1606.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Ecce Homo, Caravaggio

Ecce Homo, 1605.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Palazzo Bianco, Italy

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Eugène Delacroix

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1858.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Justice, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Justice, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium

The beheading of St. Paul, Le Tintoret

The beheading of St. Paul

La Décapitation de saint Paul (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian)

Madonna dell'Orto Church, Venice, Italy

Christ cloué sur la Croix, Albrecht Dürer

Christ cloué sur la Croix, 1509.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Décollation de saint Jean Baptiste, Eugène Delacroix

La Décollation de saint Jean Baptiste, 1838.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Allen Memorial Art Museum, United States

The Life of Joan of Arc: The Dove from the Stake, Jules-Eugène Lenepveu

The Life of Joan of Arc: The Dove from the Stake, 1886–1890.

La vie de Jeanne d'Arc : la colombe du bûcher (museum title)

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (French), oil on canvas, mounted

Panthéon (Paris), France

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, Jusepe de Ribera

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639.

El martirio de San Felipe (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Le Crucifiement de saint André, Caravaggio

Le Crucifiement de saint André, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Saints Cosmas and Damian Crucified and Stoned in Vain, Fra Angelico

Saints Cosmas and Damian Crucified and Stoned in Vain, c. 1425–1449.

San Cosma e San Damiano vanamente crocifissi e lapidati (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Jusepe de Ribera

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 1634.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Le Martyre de saint Matthieu, Caravaggio

Le Martyre de saint Matthieu, 1600.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français, Italy

Jésus couronné d'épines, Albrecht Dürer

Jésus couronné d'épines, 1512.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Flagellation du Christ, Albrecht Dürer

La Flagellation du Christ, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Massacre of the Innocents, Nicolas Poussin

Massacre of the Innocents, 1620s.

Le Massacre des Innocents (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Dornenkrönung, Albrecht Dürer

Dornenkrönung, 1500.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La Flagellation du Christ, Le Tintoret

La Flagellation du Christ, c. 1585–1590.

Le Tintoret (Italian)

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, 1861.

Chr. IV lader bødlen tage ordenskæden og sværdet fra… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Beheading of Saint Catherine, Albrecht Altdorfer

The Beheading of Saint Catherine, c. 1505–1510.

Enthauptung der hl. Katharina (museum title)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German), paint on limewood panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Martyrdom of Saint Florian, Albrecht Altdorfer

The Martyrdom of Saint Florian

martirio di San Floriano (museum title)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German), oil on wood

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Le Couronnement d'épines, Caravaggio

Le Couronnement d'épines, 1604.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Palazzo Alberti, Italy

Justice, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Justice, 1560.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La Flagellation du Christ, Albrecht Dürer

La Flagellation du Christ, 1512.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Jésus couronné d'épines, Albrecht Dürer

Jésus couronné d'épines, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, c. 1510.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), oil on limewood panel

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La Flagellation du Christ, Albrecht Dürer

La Flagellation du Christ, 1498.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Saints Cosmas and Damian and Their Brothers Crucified, Stoned and Shot with Arrows, Fra Angelico

Saints Cosmas and Damian and Their Brothers Crucified, Stoned and Shot with Arrows, c. 1438–1440.

Die hll. Cosmas und Damian und ihre Brüder werden… (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, 1861.

Chr. IV lader bødlen tage ordenskæden og sværdet fra… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pensil, pen and watercolour

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Ecce homo, Caravaggio

Ecce homo, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Fra Angelico

The Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian, c. 1425–1449.

Martirio di San Cosma e San Damiano (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

Le Couronnement d'épines, Caravaggio

Le Couronnement d'épines, 1602.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Jusepe de Ribera

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 1624.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), etching and engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Ceremony of the political ashes (continued), Grandville

Ceremony of the political ashes (continued), 1833.

Cérémonie des cendres politiques. (Suite) (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, Nicolas Poussin

The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, 1628.

Le Martyre de saint Érasme (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Vatican Pinacoteca, Vatican

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (central panel), Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (central panel), 1506.

Martyrdom of St Catharine (central panel) (museum title)

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), paint on wood panel

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist (museum title)

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), woodblock print

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States